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10 Best Criteria to know the Estimation of Your Dream House

Design Thoughts Architects

10 Best Criteria to Know the Estimation of Your Dream House. Before you start building your house, you should estimate some important elements like affordability, land availability, legal formalities, location, house construction cost, and time till you put the final brick in the wall. CARPET AREA + WALL AREA = BUILT UP AREA.

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At least 200,000 residential structures in New York City are at risk of seismic damage: NYT

Archinect

magnitude tri-state quake wasn’t nearly as strong as the (estimated) 5.5 billion worth of damage to the modern city, according to the New York Times. A strong earthquake could cause some buildings of this type to collapse. Last week’s 4.8 magnitude incident that occurred on August 10, 1884, and would have caused $4.7

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Tips & Tricks for Construction Estimating You Need to Save Money

Architecture Ideas

Here are the things you need to know to save money with construction estimating. . A set of thorough plans — complete with measurements and material suggestions — make estimation easier, if not simple. A construction takeoff allows you to estimate the precise amount of construction materials you’ll need for a project.

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Accessible modernism

Brandon Donnelly

One of the most extraordinary things about Salt Lake City is that you can land at its airport and then, in 20-30 minutes, you’re in the mountains looking at landscapes like this: By my estimation, this makes it the most accessible big city and mountain town combination in North America. Thank you, Brent.

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Los Angeles publishes list of 33 county-owned structures most at-risk in an earthquake

Archinect

Last week, the Board of Supervisors published a list of at-risk properties owned by the county that must be upgraded in line with modern standards over the next ten years, according to KTLA. or above quake — that would kill as many as 1,800 people and destroy an estimated 2,000 structures in the area per the U.S.

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Building codes saved this Florida town from Hurricane Ian’s ravages

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One major factor, according to some experts, are modern building code While other southwest Florida communities like Fort Myers were devastated, Punta Gorda, a town of about 20,000, was saved thanks to strident code changes enacted in the wake of 1992’s Hurricane Andrew and Hurricane Charley twelve years later.

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Modernizing schools is paying off in creating better learning and teaching environments

BD+C

It has been estimated that more than half of U.S. public schools need renovations or modernizations to be considered in good overall condition. The cost of bringing those schools up to par, though, could total nearly $200 billion.

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